Category Archives: Spirit Foods

Spirit Food – Swede (Rutabaga)

  ORIGIN The swede is a root vegetable that belongs to the cruciferous family. The other family members include broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and cabbage. The swede is one of the hardiest root vegetables to harvest and they grow seasonally from autumn through to winter. The Swede is an agricultural cross or hybrid between the cabbage and the turnip. The roots are eaten in a variety of ways and the leaves can be eaten as a leaf vegetable. Swedes are known as ‘neeps’ in Scotland and as Swedish turnips and rutabaga elsewhere. Swedes are rounded in shape with a purple-green skin ... Read more

Spirit Food – Chaga Mushroom

  ORIGIN Chaga is a most remarkable medicinal mushroom that grows on the bark of living trees. Chaga makes the powerful medicinal wood of birch trees edible for humans. Chaga mushrooms grow most abundantly in nearly all species of birch found in the circumpolar temperate forests of Earth’s northern hemisphere. The medicinal super-powers of the Chaga mushroom are well known across the world. Used for centuries in Siberia as a traditional medicine to boost immunity and improve overall health; shamans recognised the Chaga Mushroom as the ‘King of all Mushrooms’. Their Latin name is Inonotus obliquus. A Chaga mushroom is ... Read more

Spirit Food – Hazelnut

  ORIGIN Hazelnuts are native to many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. They grow on deciduous trees in many regions of the world. The two major hazelnut-growing areas are Turkey and Oregon in the USA. All species of hazelnut shrubs and trees produce edible nuts. The hazelnut has a husk around the shell that is very unusual and distinctive from most other tree nuts. Hazelnut trees range from 3 to 36 metres in height. The roundish or oblong brown nut is usually 1 to 4 cm long and is partly or wholly enclosed in a husk. Hazelnut trees have deep ... Read more

Spirit Food – Brussel Sprouts

ORIGIN Brussels sprouts are the quintessential Christmas dinner vegetable. In total there are about 110 different varieties of Brussels sprouts. They are native to the Mediterranean region along with other cabbage species. Brussels sprouts first appeared in northern Europe during the fifth century and were later cultivated in the 13th century near Brussels. From there they spread to the rest of the world. It is thought that the first farmed variety of Brussels sprout was cultivated in Ancient Rome. Brussels sprouts are cruciferous vegetables and are part of the Brassica family together with cabbages, broccoli and kale. Brussels sprouts are ... Read more

Spirit Food – Raw Honey

  ORIGIN Raw honey is one of the oldest known foods in the world. It has been used since the beginning of time and is often mentioned in the Bible and other historical writings as sacred because of its healing properties. Raw honey has also been widely used in various cultures around the world and has held important roles in culinary, medicinal, and religious traditions. Beekeeping dates back to at least 700BC. Honey has been found in ancient writings throughout various cultures, including the Sumerian and Babylonian cuneiform, the Hittite code, and ancient Egyptian and Indian writings. Centuries ago honey ... Read more

Spirit Food – Colloidal Silver Solutions

ORIGIN Colloidal Silver is a solution made with tiny particles of real silver in a water solution. It is known as a miracle cure, an antibiotic, and antiviral. Colloidal Silver has been used for centuries. In many cultures, silver was considered a symbol of trust, truth, excellence, wisdom and love. Silver salts and solutions, including colloidal silver, were used as a traditional remedy for centuries to treat diseases. People believe it can cure colds faster as well as treating hundreds of other ailments historically. These include pneumonia, skin rashes, sinus infections, ear infections, and flu. Also, colloidal silver has traditionally ... Read more

Spirit Food – Eggplant (Aubergine)

ORIGIN Eggplants, also known as aubergines, belong to the nightshade family of plants. This family also includes tomatoes, potatoes, and bell peppers. Eggplants are used in many different dishes around the world and have many health benefits. Eggplants have a deep purple, glossy skin. This encases a cream coloured, sponge-like flesh that is dotted with small, edible seeds. Eggplants grow like tomatoes hanging from the vines of a plant that is several feet high. Like the tomato, the eggplant is actually a fruit because it grows from a flowering plant and contains seeds. Due to their bitter taste, eggplants were ... Read more

Spirit Food – Blackberries

ORIGIN The blackberry is known throughout ancient history. Blackberries have been used in Europe for over 2000 years. They were used for eating, medicinal purposes, and also as hedges to keep out marauders. The leaves were often used to wash wounds to help stop them from excess bleeding. Blackberries grow on bramble trees and fruit in mid to late summer. There are more than 40 species of blackberry. Blackberries were always considered wild and in the early days they were not cultivated. People would travel to where a bush was growing and gather the berries. The common species of blackberry ... Read more

Spirit Food – Ormus

ORIGIN Ancient civilisations viewed Ormus as the ancient elixir of life. They called it the Gold of the Gods, the Philosopher’s Stone, and the Fruit of the Tree of Life. The ancients believed that Ormus would maintain eternal youth, enable extraordinary life-spans, and cure all diseases. This elixir of life was sought by alchemists for many centuries after it was lost. Ormus is linked to Biblical and ancient Egyptian alchemy. Some believe that Ormus was found in the King’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. David Hudson rediscovered Ormus in 1975 while conducting an analysis of natural ... Read more

Spirit Food – Chlorella

ORIGIN Chlorella is one of the oldest plants on the earth and many feel it is the healthiest food on the planet. Chlorella is a single-celled freshwater emerald green micro algae. Spherical and about 2 to 10μm in diameter. Chlorella originates from and is produced in Asia. It is known as the ‘Jewel of the East’. Chlorella is one of the most potent nutritional whole foods. Each chlorella cell is a self-sufficient organism and an exceptional concentration of important nutrients. Chlorella contains protein that is more digestible than animal protein. It contains roughly 45% protein, 20% carbohydrates, 20% fat, 10% ... Read more

Spirit Food – Pumpkin

ORIGIN Pumpkins can be traced to Mexico with seeds found dating back 7,500 years. It was one of the first wild plants to be cultivated. It grows on every continent making it a versatile food source across the globe. It wasn’t always the pumpkin we know today. It once grew much smaller with a bitter taste. It still comes in a variety of sizes, shapes and colour. It is actually not a vegetable, but rather, an edible fruit. The tradition of carving pumpkins at Hallowe’en stems from the Celtic people of Europe. They used to light bonfires to give light during ... Read more

Spirit Food – Elderberry

ORIGIN Elderberries are the fruit of the Elder tree (Sambucus). Elder trees grow up to 15m tall and live for up to 60 years. The Elder tree grows clusters of small white elderflowers and bunches of small blue or black elderberries. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that the Recipes for elderberry-based medications date as far back as Ancient Egypt where some Ancient Egyptians even had the tincture buried with them. There is also archaeological evidence that elderberry may have been cultivated by prehistoric man. Elderberries possess antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties and have long been associated with healing. Over the centuries, elderberry ... Read more

Spirit Food – Apple

ORIGIN Apple trees, genus Malus, evolved in Central Asia many millennia ago. They are now cultivated worldwide with many varieties now in existence. Apples were grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe and then introduced to North America by European colonists. The apple tree is one of the earliest trees that humanity cultivated. Over 1000’s of years, apple growers have improved its fruits. Winter apples were picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing. These apples help people survive harsh winters across Asia and Europe for millennia. In Celtic Mythology, apples are known as the “Fruit of ... Read more

Spirit Food – Hemp

ORIGIN Hemp is sometimes confused with the cannabis plant marijuana. Hemp does contain a little bit of THC, the compound that produces psychoactive effects in humans but the seeds themselves are non-psychoactive, meaning that humans cannot get high by eating them. Hemp originated in Central Asia. Hemp was cultivated for fibre in China as early as 2800BC. There is even archaeological evidence that showed us using hemp as early as 8,000 BC. It made its way into the Mediterranean countries in the early Christian era and Middle Ages. It then made its way to North America in the 1600s. Hemp ... Read more

Spirit Food – Matcha

ORIGIN One of the earliest mentions of Matcha was found in a book called The Classic of Tea from 760 AD. Written by a Chinese scholar called Lu Yu who mentioned the Emperor Shen Nong (from 2700 BC), who experimented with hundreds of different plants and grasses to test their medicinal uses. Tea leaves shifted to ground powdered tea when Eisai (1141–1215 AD), the founder of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism began to meditate with it. Esai realized that drinking matcha improved his Zen meditation sessions by producing a state of calm alertness. By the 14th century in Japan, ... Read more